World Happenings Briefly Told
Stresemann announces continued Dawes plan. Canada’s April exports rise by ten million dollars year over year. British Empire Steel Conference denied. May 18 Empire menu luncheon in Commons. Indians and whites stake Dease Lake claims. St Jean Baptiste celebration in Montreal planned. Baird named governor general of Australia. Brussels 1930 exposition planned on Belgium centenary. 17,000,000 francs raised of 25,000,000 sought. Canadian rail accidents total 156 in April with 13 dead and 199 injured. Doeffingen council fined for usury. Paderewski funds oil well in Bastrop County Texas. Plane crash near Staten Island kills Lieut Jordan.
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Dease Lake
Cassiar
H.C
W. 8. Simpson
Telegraph Creek
Canada
United States
Montreal
St. Jean Baptiste
Stanley M. Bruce
John Lawrence Baird
Lord Forster
Brussels
Belgium
Board of Railway Commissioners
Stuttgart
Germany
Doeffingen
Ignace Paderewskii
Bastrop
Smithville
Texas
Shad and Paderewski
Horses For Ontario and B C Shipment Of Draft Horses
Ontario and British Columbia received thirty carloads of heavy draft horses this spring from Saskatchewan. Maple Creek sent twelve cars, Piapot ten, and Regina district one. J B Winlow of Wyander B C organized the BC load with help from Alex McLaren Pense. Prices reached $400 for a grade Clydesdale and $300 for several others. Most purchases were grade Percherons including foals sired by Kameleon.
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Saskatchewan
Ontario
British Columbia
Maple Creek
Piapot
Regina
J. B. Winlow
Wyandel
B.C
J. G. Robertson
Alex. McLaren
Eix
Pease
Tregarva
Clydesdale
Kameleon
Coolidge Addresses High School Oratorical Exercises
President Coolidge says the United States bears a weighty responsibility to help organize the nations for peace in a Washington address at the nation high school for oratorical exercises. He offered no specific plan and did not reference the League of Nations, which has been reintroduced there by the international council of women.
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United States
Coolidge
Nation
Washington
League of Nations
International Council of Women
Salvation Army brings 246 settlers to British Columbia
Up to the end of March the Salvation Army, in agreement with the British Columbia Government and for an annual grant of $6,000, transported 246 new settlers into the province, the lands minister's statement reports.
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Salvation Army
British Columbia
Province
Punctuality Lesson In A Comedic Student Mistake
A late girl arriving at school for the third time is scolded by her teacher and ordered to write on punctuality. After a quarter hour she submits a quip claiming punctuality is knowing where to make stops.
Sundering Of Empire Remains Extremely Remote
Ottawa Journal argues that unity under the British crown shows the empire’s strength. It notes Edward Prince of Wales fostering unity in South Africa and asserts that true liberty requires real representative government. The piece questions the fate of Canada and South Africa as mere republics without Britain.
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South Africa
Jast
Edward
Prince of Wales
Transvaal
Canada
Ottawa Journal
Mining Investment Surges in Canada Outpacing Most Industries
A Dominion Bureau of Statistics report shows mining capital in Canada at 559.5 million dollars with securities valued at 774.7 million. Ontario holds about half of mining capital. Canadians supply 54 percent, Americans 31, Brits 13, others 2. Securities by mining firms totalled about one billion dollars three years ago, representing half of Canada’s manufacturing sector.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Onttario
Great Britain
Mining and Allied Chemical Companies
Building Boom Pushes Canada Construction Value Past $90 Million
MacLean Building Reports Limited shows a surge in contemplated Canadian construction. April 1925 new work totaled 24,886,900, up from 1924, with January–April totals reaching 224,063,100 versus 133,189,100 a year earlier. Residential 43.5 percent, business 28.1 percent, industrial 2.9 percent, public works 18.5 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
MacLean Building Reports Limited
Dominion
Drive For Wheat Pool Seeks 2 Million Acres Under Contract
Saskatchewan wheat pool plans a province-wide drive to add 2,000,000 acres under contract after elections. Regina head office leads the effort and aims to secure coarse grain pool acreage for the first time this year via mailed contracts to wheat pool contract holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Regina
Dainty Bloomer Dress For Little Miss From Paris Model
A dainty bloomer dress copied from a Paris silk model features tiny shoulder tucks short kimono sleeves and an optional collar. Long sleeves offered. separate bloomers gather into knee bands. Materials include cotton figured crepe chambray or checked ginghams. Pattern No. 1005 in sizes 1 2 4 and 6 years.
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Paris
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern orders from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg require a 20 cent coin or stamps. Send pattern number name town site and province to complete the request. Wrap coin carefully before mailing.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Government Nurse's Arctic Rescue After Ice Cake Drift
Mrs. G. O. Brady government nurse returned safely to Kotzebue Sound after an Arctic expedition from Kotzebu to provide medical aid. A blizzard forced a cabin refuge at Noatak River for 14 hours in 30 below zero. A high wind broke ice cakes and carried them seaward for a mile before they reached shore at Cape Thomson.
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Cape Thomson
Arctic Circle
Alaska
G. O. Brady
Kotzebu Sound
Brady
Kotzebu
Chance
Noatak River
Point Hope
Passing of Ellis Island Marked as Abolition of a Monster
The piece likens Ellis Island to a white elephant from government view and a humane erasure of a monster from humanitarian view. It notes recent criticism in the British Parliament over sanitary conditions and mentions the Geddes report stirring debate within labor departments. The old immigrant system is said to have degraded many to animal-like treatment, and the report predicts the landmark will fade as the old system ends.
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House of Commons
Geddes
Department of Labor
Louisville Courier- Journal
Raymond Alberta Beet Sugar Factory Construction Underway
Six thousand acres near Raymond are prepared for sugar beet growing to feed a new Raymond Alberta beet sugar factory. Construction work has begun and will be rushed to completion.
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Raymond
Alta
Duty on Large British Flag Sparks New York Protest
British advertising delegation faced a $12 import duty on a large embroidered silk flag intended as a gift to Houston during the Advertising Clubs meeting. Customs officials said the duty was required by law, despite the flag’s gift intent. Delegates paid the duty. New York advertisers demanded a refund but only a congressional act could grant one.
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U.S
United States
Houston
Texas
New York
Congress
Growing Power of the West in Canadian Politics
The Toronto Star notes federal riding redistribution shifts power toward Western Canada. Quebec keeps 65 seats while Western representation rises from 56 to 68, now 27 percent of parliament versus 23 percent. The piece argues western needs on tariffs and transportation will gain influence as prairie interests grow.
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The
Toronto Star
Canada
Quebec
Western Canada
Prairies
Miser Dies Of Starvation In Smyrna Beggar Quarter
The body of a reclusive millionaire, about 60 years old, was found after parties failed to see him for days. Police uncovered a squalid dwelling with coins banknotes and jewelry valued at 1.164 million dollars. Only a pile of rotten oranges remained as food. He had inherited wealth and lived for money, becoming an enemy to mankind.
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Smyrna
States Move Toward Official Cream Grading Systems
Illinois and West Virginia pursue Alberta like cream grading schemes this year. Dr Mackay from the American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers is to visit Alberta this summer to study its system.
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United States
Alberta
Illinois
West Virginia
Mackay
American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers
Hudson's Bay ships built at Vancouver for Arctic service
Four small wooden vessels with iron bark sheathing are under construction in Vancouver for the Hudson's Bay Company. They are designed as tugs and feeders to operate from Coronation Gulf to Herschel Islands in the Arctic.
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Vancouver
Hudson’s Bay Company
Arctic
Coronation Gulf
Herschel Islands
Fashion Habits Highlight Seasonal Straw Hats
A light observation on how women wear straw hats before straw hat season and men keep wearing them long after the trend arrives, illustrating the subtle humor in human behavior.
Crossword puzzle clues mixed list, half readable
A jumble of crossword entries lists many clues with numbers and partial words such as Habituate Freight stations Malebee One-fourth gallon Token and more. The fragment includes chemistry symbols and general definitions but is incomplete and inconsistent across entries.
Peter at Lydda and Joppa in Acts guided by signs
The lesson recalls Peter inspecting Christian communities on a tour from Jerusalem, visiting saints at Lydda and confirming the work there with the Lord aiding the spread. It contrasts sainthood as active service in God's kingdom with worldly retreat and quotes James Buckham on true saintliness.
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Lydda
Luke
James Buckhaw
Britain’s Financial Honor Builds Global Confidence
The Providence Journal notes Britain never challenged war loan validity and refunded debt, boosting its reputation for probity. It asserts world trust in a nation’s financial integrity underpins sterling’s gradual rise toward parity.
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Great Britain
Providence Journal
Alberta Egg Exports Jump 33 Percent in 1923
Alberta's provincial agriculture report shows egg exports rose 33 percent in 1923 from 1922. The province, previously a large importer, shipped over 60,000 cases or 133 carloads of eggs abroad last year.
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Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Cabbage Introduced in Great Britain in the Sixteenth Century
The article notes that cabbage arrived in Great Britain during the sixteenth century marking an early introduction of the vegetable to the country.
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Great Britain
Alberta Butter Output Seen At 25 Million Pounds
Alberta producers expect total creamery butter production to reach 25,000,000 pounds this year. Last year exports to the British Isles and other countries exceeded 4,000,000 pounds, a bit under one fifth of provincial production. The season may see export surplus rise to 7,000,000 pounds, seven times four years ago, aided by the new cream grading system implemented by the government and dairy operators.
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Alberta
British Isles
Belgium Sees Surge in Canadian Cheese Imports
Belgium imported 1,764,800 pounds of Canadian cheese in the last nine months of 1924, up from 1923. The rise is credited to patent pasteurized cheese in five pound foil wrapped packs, with one exporter noting 20 000 boxes sold monthly and a belief the product is now established in the market.
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Belgium
Eight-year-old doctor abandons horse for car in family tale
At age 8 1 2, Dr. George T. Harding, father of the late president, leaves the one-horse shag he drove fifty years and buys a flivver. Dolly, the faithful horse, will be sent to the country to live off the fat of the land.
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George T. Harding
Dolly
No doctor should have more than 2500 patients on his list
A British medical authority states doctors should maintain lists of no more than 2500 patients to ensure quality care and avoid overburdening physicians. The recommendation highlights patient load limits as a standard for practitioners.
It Is Easy to Smile at Trouble Near Neighbors
A proverb-like line notes that people often display ease or amusement when misfortune befalls others nearby, highlighting human empathy and social contrast. The statement suggests judgment or indifference depending on proximity to trouble.
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Stresemann
Reichstag
British Empire Steel Corporation
Cape Breton
British
Lower Bay
Newdrop
Staten Island
James Jordan
New York National Guard Air Service
Dominions
Clipse
Ellis Island
Miser
Far North
Aed
Peter
Joppa
Britain
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